Workplace related accidents due to alcohol and drugs

Workplace related accidents due to alcohol and drug abuse.

… nearly one-in-four employees (22 per cent) admit to making mistakes at work as a result of being hung over. 83 per

cent of employees who have been hung over at work admit it makes a difference to the way they work. A third say they 'drift off and don’t work at their usual

pace', 28 per cent suffer from headaches and can't concentrate and 62 per cent

reveal they generally just 'muddle through the day'.

10-20 percent of work related fatalities test positive for drugs or alcohol.

(74.8 percent) were employed either full or part time.

Are far less productive.

Use three times as many sick days.

Are more likely to injure themselves or someone else.

Are five times more likely to file worker's compensation claims.

It is the social drinkers - not the hard-core alcoholics or problem drinkers - who are responsible for most of lost productivity